An embryo is an initial stage of development of a multicellular organism. In humans, embryonic development is the part of the life cycle that begins just after fertilization of the female egg cell by the male sperm cell. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process of fertilization where an egg is combined with sperm in vitro ("in glass"). In February 2024 the Supreme Court in the U.S. state of Alabama ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. The 1872 law allowed parents to recover punitive damages in the event…
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No
@9Z9CNNR3mos3MO
Children diagnosed with leukaemia, or other medical conditions with treatments that have adverse effects like infertility, are often too young to consent to treatment, as they may not understand all factors. In cases where they do, they should not be subject to choosing between the possibility of having children and combatting their disease.
Similarly to my pro choice opinion, the decision to freeze embryos should be decided by the patient, or the next of kin where the patient is unable to advocate for themselves.
@9MD6JSN9mos9MO
A frozen embryo is no more alive than an egg in an Overy or a sperm in a testicle. It is a medical sample that may possibly become a viable pregnancy one day.
@ISIDEWITH12mos12MO
Yes
@9ZCRZTS3mos3MO
frozen embryos re not children and the government should not get to have a say over what a woman wants to do with her body
@9Z9CNNR3mos3MO
Similar to my pro choice opinion, I believe this decision should only be made by the person undergoing this treatment, or next of kin if the patient lacks capacity.
@9MD6R85Independent9mos9MO
Life does not begin at conception. Frozen embryos can be corrupted and damaged, there is no guarantee they will every be implanted, gestated, born, or indeed survive
@9MD6JSN9mos9MO
If frozen embryos are people then they are entitled to all the rights bestowed under the UN convention of Human Rights so who is going to ensure they receive these rights. Who is legally responsible for them? Who gets prosecuted if they die? Do we have to attempt to implant each embryo regardless of its stability?
@9ZGSPPY3mos3MO
If a woman had no embryos left except the ones she froze and they got damaged then Yes they would be considered HER children to be ... yet a life of a child is a conscious born one. So No also
@9YMS3KSFianna Fáil3mos3MO
This is very complicated and I don’t know the answer
@9YM9F273mos3MO
It depends on the circumstances. If someone has frozen their eggs, eg due to illness, and upon going to begin retrieval they have been lost / destroyed, the individual whose eggs they are should be fairly compensated - especially if they are no longer in a position to produce their own.
@9YM7NHX3mos3MO
Yes, as long as they're at the stage of developmnent where a brain has formed and is firing neurons.
@9ZSJ628Social Democrats2mos2MO
Create new idea of pre-birth status. Giving rights to frozen embryos but not considering them fully children
@9ZS7DQ82mos2MO
Depends on the age of the embryo, for example an embryo lasts until week 10. I would have a much easier time considering a 10 week embryo a child to a 1 week old embryo.
@9ZRNSY6People Before Profit2mos2MO
Frozen Embryos should be treated as a major personal asset and protected under law, but is not a child.
@9ZHTGD6 3mos3MO
If embryos were frozen by a patient then there is an intent to have a child, therefore should be treated as such.
@9ZBSFRH3mos3MO
depends on the situation and reasoning for freezing the embryo
@9ZBR2YJ 3mos3MO
It depends the quality of the egg example mature or not
@9Z94GMB3mos3MO
Depends on the intention of the owner of said eggs.
@9K97TWY12mos12MO
Embryos don't breathe inside the mother. If it doesn't breathe, it is by definition not "alive" in the literal sense, thus not children nor murder to discard of.
@9XSTMW73mos3MO
Not murder but definitely a bad crime to destroy it
@9M7PKH89mos9MO
No but the protection of frozen embryos is less to do with health and more to do with the companies storing them - good question
Yes, but if they’re accidentally lost/freezer breaks, the company can’t be sued for loss of life/murder etc.
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